Kodassari / Java Milkwort
Polygala javana
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Kodassari
Identify Kodassari by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Polygalaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kodassari.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Polygala javana
- Genus
- Polygala
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, South East Continental Asia and Malesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kodassari itself; the rest are typical of the Polygalaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Kodassari
About Kodassari
Java Milkwort (Polygala javana) is a herb in the Polygalaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Polygalaceae
Milkwort Family
Kodassari belongs to the Polygalaceae family.
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